Below is a list of the 74 Unitarian churches in Boston as found in The Boston Religion:
Unitarian Churches in Boston
The Old Churches
(Founding date) (Church)
1. 1630 First Church In Boston (Old Brick)
2. 1649 Second Church In Boston (Old North)
3. 1686 King's Chapel (Stone Chapel)
4. 1697 Brattle Square Church (Brattle Street Church)
5. 1714 New North Church
6. 1715 New South Church
7. 1721 New Brick Church
8. 1729 Arlington Street Church (Federal Street Church)
9. 1732 Hollis Street Church
10. 1737 West Church
11. 1741 Tenth Congregational Church
Newer Congregations
12. 1822 Bulfinch Street Church
13. 1824 Twelfth Congregational Society
14. 1825 Thirteenth Congregational Church
15. 1827 South Congregational Church
16. 1827 Friend Street Chapel
17. 1835 Warren Street Chapel (Barnard Memorial)
18. 1836 Pitts Street Chapel
19. 1836 Society for Christian Union and Progress
20. 1837 Northampton Street Chapel
21. 1839 Suffolk Street Chapel
22. 1841 Church of the Disciples
23. 1845 Church of the Saviour
24. 1845 Indiana Street Congregational Church
25. 1845 Twenty-Eighth Congregational Society
26. 1846 Religious Union of Associationists
27. 1846 First Independent Irish Protestant Church
28. 1853 Hanover Street Chapel
29. 1857 Church of the Unity
30. 1859 Christian Unity Society
31. 1860 Church of the Brothers in Unity
32. 1860 Canton Street Chapel
33. 1864 South End Mission
34. 1864 Church of the Redeemer
35. 1866 The Free Church
36. 1867 New South Free Church
37. 1869 Bulfinch Place Chapel
38. 1883 Lend A Hand Church
39. 1883 Appleton Street Free Chapel
40. 1883 Parmenter Street Chapel
41. 1884 The Morgan Chapel
42. 1889 Theodore Parker Memorial Chapel
43. 1889 Church of the Good Samaritan
44. 1892 North End Union
45. 1910 Church of the Messiah
46. 1917 First Italian Unitarian Church
47. 1920 Community Church of Boston
48. 1949 Charles Street Meeting House
Annexed Neighborhoods
49. 1730 First Church In Brighton
50. 1886 Unity Church, Allston (Brighton)
51. 1815 Harvard Church, Charlestown
52. 1846 Harvard Chapel, Charlestown
53. 1630 First Church In Dorchester
54. 1813 Third Church In Dorchester
55. 1848 Christ Church, Dorchester
56. 1859 Church of the Unity, Neponset (Dorchester)
57. 1881 The Free Society, Dorchester
58. 1889 Norfolk Unitarian Church, Dorchester
59. 1900 Channing Church, Dorchester
60. 1845 Church of Our Father, East Boston
61. 1867 First Unitarian Church of Hyde Park
62. 1770 First Church In Jamaica Plain
63. 1890 Roslindale Unitarian Church
64. 1631 First Church In Roxbury
65. 1846 All Souls Unitarian Church, Roxbury
66. 1866 Free Chapel
67. 1980 U. U. Congregation at First Church In Roxbury
68. 1987 Church of the United Community
69. 2000 First Church of Roxbury, Unitarian Universalist
70. 1819 Hawes Place Church, South Boston
71. 1844 Broadway Church, South Boston
72. 1855 Second Hawes Congregational Unitarian Society
73. 1856 Unity Church, South Boston
74. 1892 Church of the Saviour, South Boston
75. 1712 First Church In West Roxbury
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THE BOSTON RELIGION: Unitarianism In Its Capital City
This work is a window into the entire history and significance of American Unitarianism. In tracing the unique qualities of the 74 Unitarian churches that have been organized within the Boston city limits you will find most of the movement's leaders, all the major theological currents and controversies, the impact of the religion on American culture and development, including the American Revolution, Civil War, industrialization, sociology and the emergence of a pluralistic society. Special themes of architecture, social justice, urbanization, education and even genealogy can be found documented and developed.
Book is hardbound with dust jacket, sewn binding and heavy paper, 256 pages, 139 illustrations, bibliography, index, ISBN: 0-9741152-0-7, c. 2003, $29.95.
Old North/Second Church In Boston
Federal Street Church
Harvard Church, Charlestown
First Church, Dorchester
West Church
New South Church, porch
Brattle Square Church